Water-closet



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WATER eLosBT.

Ne. 525,659. Patented Sept. 4, 1894.

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No. 525,659. Patented Sept. 4, 1894.

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UNITED STATES `PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT M. KING, OAF WILMINGTON, DELAW'ARE.

wATER-cLosET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 525,659, datedSeptember 4, 1894. Application-med February 8,1894. seriaiumieaze.(Nomade.)

T0 a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT M. KING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Wilmin gton, in the county of New Castle and State ofDelaware, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Water-Closets, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of waterclosets that are moreparticularly designed for use on railway cars, or in'places where thereis onlyalimited supply of water and in which, for purposes of economy,it is desirable to automatically supply a self dumping service pan withameasured or definitely regulated quantity of water by the action of avalvel that is controlled through a lever connected with a yieldinglysupported seat adapted to be oscillated at each use of the closet.

It is one of the objects of my invention to provide simple and improvedlever mechanism intermediate a hinged or swinging service pan and theseat and lid of the closet, whereby, the pan will be swung into anormally horizontal position beneath the closet bowl, and be held there,either by the closing down of the closet lid or by the depression of theseat when the closet is used. The weight of the closed down lid or thepressure exerted by the depressed seat will hold the pan in itshorizontal position so that it will exclude dust and cold air and prevent the entrance thereof into the car through the closet bowl.

Another object of my invention is to provide simple means for operatingthe water regulating valve through lever mechanism actuated only withthe movements of the seat and wholly independent of the movements of thecloset lid.

A further object of the invention is to so construct and arrange thedevices for supplying the service pan with a measured quantity of water,and especially the water regulating valve and ports, that no dribblingor waste can occur; it being impossible for the said valve to open oruncover either the inlet or outlet port or passage of the measuringapparains until after the other port or passage has been completelyclosed.

Myinvention also has for one of its objects to prevent any disabling ofthe operative parts of the closet from retention of Water in any exposedsituation, the water supply tank and measuring devices being so locatedas to Vbe ordinarily surrounded by the warm air of the car and provisionbeing made for draining them when the running of the car isdiscontinued; while the service pan is self dumping, by action ofgravity alone, immediately after each use of the closet, and cannot holdany liquid except during the time that the closet seat is occupied.

It is a further purpose of ymy invention to provide a simple means forrendering the service pan inoperative from the seat whenever it becomesnecessary to use the closet without water, as when the usual watersupply has been exhausted.

My invention has for other objects such simple construction and easilychanged arrangement of the several parts of a water closet apparatus andits automatic water regulating mechanism that the same can be readilylocated in any situation, Whether in a railway car or elsewhere, withoutaffecting the operation of the closet. The invention consists infeatures of coustruction and novel combinations of devices in a watercloset as hereinafter more particularly set forth.

In the annexed drawings illustrating the invention, Figure l is aperspective of my improved water closet with parts of the casing brokenaway, and showing also the mechanism for regulating the water supply.Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the lower part of the closet. Fig. 3is an enlarged sectional detail view of the mechanism for automaticallycontrolling the supply of a measured quantity of water to the watercloset.- Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are detail views of the water regulatingvalve. Fig. 7 is a sectional view of a check-controlled vent for thestand-pipe or measuring chamber.

Referring to the drawings the numeral 1 designates a discharge-hopperpreferably constructed from some suitable metal and provided on itslower portion with a flange, or projections, 2 through which it isadapted to be securely bolted to the floor, whether in a railway car orelsewhere. The hopper l lmay be provid ed with a cover 3 having anopening therein for connection with the lower open end of a bowl 4 thatmay be arranged to rest lICJO on said cover or be otherwise supported bythe hopper. The bowl may be made of porcelain or other customarymaterial and is preferably provided at the top with an annular inwardlyinclined drip rim 5, as shown.

A service pan 6 is rigidly secured to a rockshaft 7 mounted in suitablebearings in the upper rear portion of the hopper 1 in such position thatthe pan will be adapted to control the outlet end of the bowl. One endof the rock-shaft 7 projects beyond the hopper 1 and is provided with arearwardly projecting crankarm 8 having a wrist 9 engaged in a slot- 10formed in a lever 11 the forward end of which is fulcruined to a fixedsupport that is preferably provided by a lug 12 projecting from the sideof the hopper. I prefer to arrange alug 12 on each side of the hopper,as shown in Fig. 1, in order that thelever 11 and its connections may beplaced on either side of the closet or be changed from one side to theother according to the position in which it may be found most desirableor convenient to place the closet.

To the rear end of the slotted lever 1l is pivotally connected the lowerend of a vertically arranged rod 13 that is extended through suitableguide openings in the frame work of the closet and has its upper endprojecting sufficiently above the closet seat 14 to be sub.` jeeted tothe pressure of the hinged lid or cover 15 as the latter is closed downover the seat. On the under face of the lid 15 at one side and near itsrear edge is a concaved bearing plate 16 for contact with the upper endof the rod 13 in closing down the lid. It will now be seen that inclosing the lid 15 the rod 13 will be forced down and will thereby causethe slotted lever 11 to bear down on the crank S and thus rock the shaft7 in such direction as to raise the pan 6 and hold it in an elevated orhorizontal position immediately below the outlet of the bowl. At thistime the pan 6 does not contain any water because the movements of thelid 15 are entirely independent of the valve mechanism, hereinafterdescribed, through which water may be supplied when required. Byoccupying the horizontal position above referred to the pan 6 assiststhe closed lid 15 in preventing the access of dust and cold air into thecar through the water closet bowl; and being free from water while thecloset is not in use, the pan is not liable to freezing.

To the slotted lever 11, about midway its length is pivotally connectedthe lower end of a vertical rod 17 that is extended through guideopenings in the closet frame and has its upper end in position to besubjected to the downward pressure of the hinged seat 14 while thecloset is in use. On raising the hinged lid 15 to getaccess to thecloset seat the rod 13will be relieved from the pressure of said lid andwill permit the pan 6 to swing down by gravity and thus occupy a nearlyvertical position in a rearwardly bulging portion of the hopper. Now, bythe weight of a person using the closet, the hinged seat 14 will becaused to press down the rod 17 and connected lever 11 so as to act onthe rockshaft 7, through the crank 8, and again raise the pan 6 intohorizontal position below the bowl. 4

The under face of the hinged seat 14 is provided on one side and nearthe front edge of the seat with a concaved bearing plate 18 that is incontact with the upper end of a vertically projecting rod 19 the lowerend of which is pivotally connected to the forward end of a two armedlever 2O preferably fulcrumed, in-

termediate its ends, to a standard 2l secured to the floor on one sideof the closet. At its rear end the lever 2O is connected by a link 22with the lower end of a valve rod 23 for actuating a valve mechanism,presently explained, that is so constructed and arranged as to deliver ameasured quanlityof water to the pan 6 through a pipe 24 communicatingwith a perforated ring or bead 25 in the upper ilared portion of thebowl. On pressing down the hinged seat. 14, as by the weight of a personusing the closet, the rod -i7 will rst actuate the lever 11 to raise theservice pan 6 into proper horizontal position (the said pan having beenpreviously swung downward and backward by the lifting of the closetlid), and the rod 19 acting through the lever 20 and valve rod 23 willimmediately cause the supply of a measured quantity of water or enough,say, to barely fill the pan 6 and avoid unnecessary waste.

After the closet has been used and when the seat 14 is relieved frompressure its automatic elevation may be effected by means of` a springlocated at any suitable point. For this purpose, and also to restore thevalve mechanism to normal position, I prefer to arrange a spirallycoiled spring 26 in a cylindrical casing 27 that is bolted to the doorat one side of thecloset. When the closet seat 14 is depressed thespring 26 is compressed by a plunger 2S carried by the lever 20-and whenthe occupant of the closet rises the power stored in the compressedspring returns the lever 2O to its former position thereby causing therod 19 to lift the hinged seat 14 while the valve rod 23 descends andcarries the valve mechanism into position to permit refilling of thechamber from which the pan 6 was supplied with a measured quantity ofwater. The automatic lifting of the hinged seat 14 takes od the pressurefrom the rod 17 and lever 11 thereby releasing the rock-shaft 7 andpermitting the pan6 to swing by gravy ity into a rearward andsubstantially vertilll? llo

cal position, by which movement the contents of the pan are washed outand dumped through the discharge-hopper l onto the roadway beneath thecar. The hinged lid 15 being now closed down and pressing on therod 13so as to cause it to descend and remain-in a depressed position theempty pan 6 willbo carried to its normally horizontal position beneaththe bowl 4 and be held there to prevent any access of dust or cold airthrough the hopper and bowl until the lid is again raised to permit useof the closet.

Between the closed lid 15 and thetop of the bowl 4 is a space ofsuicient height to per mit the hinged seat 14 to assume a normallyinclined position. The lid 15 may be provided on one side and also atthe front, if preferred, with a suitably formed flange 29 to inclose thespace between the closed lid and the top of the hinged seat 14 and thelatter may be provided with a corresponding flange30 to inclose thespace between the under side of the inclined seat and the top of thebowl. These flanges are not required on both sides of the lid and seatwhen the closet has one side built closely against a wall or partitionas is usual in the corners of railway cars.

,It may sometimes be necessary to use the closet when no water can beobtained or after the usual Water supply has been exhausted. In such useof the closet the pan 6 is not required and would, in fact, beobjectionable in the absence of any means for thoroughly cleansing itafter each service. Itis, therefore, desirable to provide some means forren dering the pan 6 inoperative when the water supply is exhausted orinadequate. For this purpose a small opening 31 is provided in thehinged seat 14 directly over the upper end of the rod 17 and a slide 32is arranged in the under side of the seat in such position as to becapable of controlling the said opening. By drawing said slide 32outward a sufficient distance to close the opening 31 the slide will bein position to serve as a bearing for the rod 17 in elevating the pan 6on depression of the hinged seat 14 as already described. But by pushingthe slide 32 backward the under side of the opening 31 will be exposed.1f the seat 14 is now depressed, as by the weight of a person using thecloset, the opening 31 will permit the passage of the upper end of therod 17 without exerting any pressure thereon and the pan 6, which waspreviously lowered and thrown backward by the raising of the lid 15,will remain in a vertically depending position in the rearwardly bulgingportion of the hopper 1 and entirely out of the way. While the pan 6 isthus rendered inoperative from any movement of the seat 14 it is stillcapable of being actuated through the rod 13 and thus thrown intohorizontal position beneath the bowl 4 on closing down the hinged closetlid. On again raising the lid the pan drops by gravity, as beforedescribed, and being temporarily inoperative from the seat, it willpermit a cleanly use of the apparatus, as a dry closet.

A water supply pipe 33 may connect with an ordinary system ofhouse-service pipes, as in a dwelling or other building, or with a sup#ply tank 34 located at a suitable elevation. In railway cars this tank34 is supported in the upper part of a car where it will be usuallysurrounded by warm air and thus have its contents protected fromfreezing. As

' ment 38 is closed by a suitably shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the watersupply pipe f 33 connects, by suitable couplings, with one ,side of avalve casing 35 having thereon perforated lugs or brackets 36 by whichit can be fixed to a convenient support. The interior of the casing 35is divided by suitably perforated partitions into three communicatingcompartments 37, 38 and 39, as shown in Fig.

partment 38 that is adapted to communicate,A

at the proper time, through a port or perforation 41, with thecompartment 39 which in turn communicates with the pipe 24 leading tothe bowl 4 and thence to the elevated service pan 6 of the water closet.In the large cylindrical compartment 38 is arranged a hol'- lowopen-ended cylindrical valve 42 of sulficient length to control theports 40 and 41 in such manner that neither port will open until theother is completely closed. This valve 42 is attached to and carried bythe valve rod 23 that is actuated alternately, from the hinged seat 14and spring 26 through the lever 2O and its connections as heretoforedescribed. As shown in Figs. 4, 5 aud-6, the valve 42 is preferably madein two semi-cylindrical parts one of which is webbed internally andprovided with a socket 43 for attachment to the end of the valve rod.The other semi-cylindrical part is also webbed o1' flanged internally,as shown, and the webbing of one vided with pins or studs 44 to engagein cor` responding perforations 45 in the other part and hold togetherthe two sides of the valve. l

In each half of the hollow valve 42 is a short stud 46 for supporting atransversely arranged spirally coiled spring 47 by which the two sidesof the valve are forced outward sufficiently to have a close fittingengagement in the valve casing.

The lower end of the valve casing compartscrew cap to which may beattached a stuling box 48 for passage of the valve rod. `At the upperend of the compartment 38 is a similarly perforated screw cap forconnection,

through a suitable pipe coupling 49, with the lower end of a stand pipeor measuring chamber 50 that serves as an auxiliary reservoir from whlcha measured quantity of water is `Supplied to the pan of the closet, atthe proper time. To the upper end of the stand pipe or measuring chamber50 may be attached an airpart is prov IOO IIO

perforated Y pipe 51, Fig. 1, extended upward to a point above thehighest water level of the tank 34 and open at the top for admission ofair above l the water in the measuring chamber.

If the closet is placed in adwelling or other building and the measuringchamber con-A nected with the usual water service, any liability ofwaste from too 'great head of water may be prevented by providing theupper end of the pipe 51 with an enlarged portion or attachment having avent opening 52 controlled by a check-valve 53, as shown in Fig. '7, ora similar construction of check-controlled vent may be applied directlyto the top of the measuring chamber, whether for use in a car or house.

In the normally elevated position of the hinged seat 14, in whichposition the seat is supported by the rod 19, the valve 42 forcontrolling the supply ot water will occupy such position in the lowerpart of the compartment 38 as to'wholly close the lower port 41 andleave the upper port open. While the valve 42 remains in this loweredposition water from the supply pipe 33 will enter the inlet compartment37 and pass thence through theopen port 40 into the main compartment 38and within the valve and will also rise and iill the stand-pipe ormeasuring chamber communicating with the valve casing. But it cannotpass into the outlet compartment 39 and pipe 24 so long as the port 4lcontinues to be closed by thefvalve. If the slide 32 of the seat 14 isin proper position to close the opening 31,'depression of the seat, asin using the closet, will push down the rod 17 and cause the pan 6 to belifted into a horizontal position, as previously explained. The downwardmovement of the seat will also push down the rod 19, tilt the lever 20and lift the rod 23 and attached valve 42 a suicient distance to, tirst,entirely close the inlet port 40 and then fully open the outlet port 41;the length of the valve being such, with relation to the position of theports 40 and 41, that neither port can be opened until the other hasbeen completely closed. This arrangement will prevent any dribbling orwaste of water through the valve or its casing. The lifting of the valve42 and consequent opening of the outlet port 41 will permit the water inthe compartment 38 and stand-pipe or measuring chamber 50 to descendthrough the hollow valve 42, outlet compartment 39 and pipe 24 to thewater closet bowl 4and thence to the pan 6, now in its horizontalposition. The valve 42 remains in its elevated position while the seatof the closet is occupied, thus continuing to close the inlet port 40and preventing any waste of water from the main source of supply.

On ceasing to use the closet the removalof pressure from the seat willpermit its ascent under action of the spring 26, thus releasing the pan6 and allowing it to swing witha depending position, by gravity, anddump its contents. At the same time the action of the spring 26, inrestoring the lever 20 to its former position, will cause the rod 23 todraw down the valve 42 so that it will, first, completely close theoutlet port 41 and then fully open the inlet port 40 to permit refillingof the measuring chamber 50 with water. ,The

capacity of the measuring chamber or standpipe 50 and compartment 38should be about the same as, or a little less than, the service pan 6 sothat no unnecessary loss of water will be incurred in using the closet.

If the car should be put out of service in cold weather it may bedesirable to drain the water supply tank 34 and stand-pipe 50 topreventfreezing of their contents. For this purpose a suitable cock orturn plug 54 may be arranged to control an opening or passage in thepartition between the compartments 3T and 39 of the valve casing, asshown in Fig. 3, and a squared head 55, Fig. 1, may be provided on aprojecting end of said turn plugto permit its adjustment with a wrench.By turning the cock or plug 54 in the proper direction to establishdirect communication b6- tween the compartments 37 and 39 and lfting thehollow-valve 42 the tank 34 and standpipe 50 can be quickly drained atone operation, thus obviating any necessity for repeated oscillations ofthe closet seat in order to exhaust the supply of water.

The several parts of the closet are so constructed and made capable ofsuch arrange ment with relation to each other that in putting the closetinto a car it can be properly placed with equal readiness on either sideof' the car or in either corner thereof and can be changed, ifnecessary, from its original position to any other location withoutdimculty; the operating levers and their connections and supports andother parts of the mechanism being easily shifted from one side of thecloset to the other. If it should be necessary, in making any change oflocation in the closet, the valve casing 35 can be easily disconnectedand be reversed or turned end for end so as to bring it into properrelation with other parts. Such changes of location or position will notaffect the described operation of the water supply regulating mechanismnor other parts of the apparatus and will not impair the efficiency ofthe closet nor interfere in in any way with its proper use.

It will be seen that the closet is well adaptedh for use either with orwithout water. It is not exposed to injury from freezing, as no watercan be left standing in the pan. Tho water supply tank and stand-pipecan be quickly drained when the car is side tracked or put out ofservice, should this be roquired. While the closet is not in use theclosed lid and horizontal position of the pal prevent any access of dustor cold air intotho Vcar through the bowl; and the several parts of theapparatus are of such durable and simple construction .that they can beeasily put in place in any required position and are not liable tobecome broken or disarranged by hard usage.

By constructing the water regulating vallo 42 in separate parts orhalves that have l close spring seated engagement in the suri roundingcasing all possibility of leakage at either of the ports 40 or 41 iseiectually' prevented; and this feature is of special advantage inrailway cars and other places where the supply of water is limited andrequires to befeconomized. It is obvious that instead of a spiral spring47 any other form of spring may be used in connection with this valve topress it in close contact with the ports and thereby prevent leakage.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. In a water-closet, the combinationwith a movable lid anda normally elevated yieldingly supported seat, ofya swinging service pan,and lever mechanism intermediate said pan and theseat and lid and adapted to be actuated both by the closing of the lidand by depression of the seat to swing the pan into a normallyhorizontal position and allow it to drop, by gravity, into a verticallydepending position when the seat is relieved of pressure and also whenthe lid of the closet is raised, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a movable water closet lid, a yieldinglysupported seat, and a swinging service pan rigidly mounted on arock-shaft provided with a crank-arm, of a lever having a slot engagedwith a wrist-pin on the rockshaft crank-arm, a vertically arranged rodpivotally connected to said lever and disconnected from the lid butprojecting 1n position to be actuated by pressure of the closing lid toswing the pan into a normally horizontal position and allow it to dropby gravity when the lid is raised, and lever mechanism intermediate thesaid pan and closet seat for raising the pan on depression of the seatand allowing it to drop, when the seat is relieved of pressure,substantially as described.

3. The combination with a yieldingly supported water closet seat, amovable lid, and a swinging service pan rigidly mounted on a rock-shaftprovided with a crank-arm, of a pivotally supported lever having aslotted connection with a wrist-pin on said crankarm, a verticallyarranged rod having its lower end pivotally connected to said lever andits upper end disconnected from the closet seat but adapted to beactuated by depression of the seat to swing the pan into a horizontalposition and allow it to drop by gravity when the seat is relieved ofpressure, and lever mechanism intermediate said pan and the closet lidto lift the pan when the lid is lowered. and allow it to drop when thelid is raised, substantially as described.

4. The combination with a yieldingly supported water-closet seat havingon one side an opening or recess controlled by a slide, of a swingingservice pan, and lever mechanism intermediate said pan and seat andcomprising a vertically extended rod adapted to be actuated bydepression of the said seat to lift the pan into a horizontal positionwhen the said opening in the seat is closed by the slide, the said slidebeing movable to expose the msaid opening and permit passage of the rodso as to allow depression of the seat without lating the supply of waterto the pan, of lever mechanism intermediate the seat and pan andcomprising a vertically extended roddlsconnected from the seat butadapted to be actuated by depression of said seat to throw the pan intoahorizontal position, means for rendering the said lever mechanism ofthepan linoperative from the seat, and a lever fulcrumed intermediateits ends and connected with rods through which the water regulatingvalve is actuated from the depressed water-closet seat, substantially asdescribed.

6. The combination with a water-closet bowl, a movable seat, and meansfor supply` ing a measured quantity of water, of a vcylindrical valvecasing provided with inlet and outlet ports or passages, a cylindricalvalve controlling said ports and adapted and arranged to completelyclose either port before opening the other, a lever fulcrumedintermediate its ends `and having one end connected with the valve-rodand its other end carrying a rod adapted to beactuated by depression ofthe closet-seat to move said valve into position for delivering aregulated supply of water, and means for restoring the said lever, thevalve and the seat after use of the closet, substantially as described.

7. The combination with a movable watercloset seat, a swinging servicepan adapted to be actuated by depression of the seat to lift said paninto a horizontal position, and a stand-pipe or water measuring chamber,of a cylindrical valve `casing connected with said stand-pipe and with awater supply and having inlet and outlet ports or passages, acylindrical open ended valve controlling said ports and adapted andarranged to completely close either port before opening the other, andvalve operating mechanism actuated by depression of the seat to causesaid vvalve to supply the pan with a regulated quantity of water,substantially as described.

8. The combination witha movable watercloset seat, a service-pan adaptedto be swung into a normally horizontal position by depression of saidseat, and a stand-pipe or water measuring chamber, of a valve-casingconnected with said stand-pipe and `with a water-supply and having inletand outlet ports, a single valve adapted and arranged to vcompletelyclose either one of said ports before opening the other, valve-operatingmechanism actuated by depression of the closet seat, and lever mechanismconnected with the service pan and comprising a vertically extended roddisconnected from the closet-seat and adapted to be actuated bydepression of the seat and be rendered inoperative from IOO the seatwhen the water supply is exhausted, substantially as described. d

9. The combination of a movable watercloset seat, a service pan adaptedto be raised into operative position by depression of said seat, awater-measuring chamber or standpipe provided with a valve-casing havingau lnlet port or passage for conducting water into the measuring chamberfrom a source of supply and an outlet port or passage for conducting aregulated quantity of water to the service pan, a single valve adaptedto coinpletely close either of said ports before opening the other,lever mechanism connected withv the valve-rod and actuated by depressionof the closet-seat to cause said valve to supply the service pan with aregulated quantity of water, levers intermediate the pan and seat anddisconnected from the seat but adapted to be actuated bydepression ofthe seat to swing the pan into a normally horizontal position, and meansfor making said levers and pan inoperative from the seat, substantiallyas described.

10. The combination of a movable water closetseat, a swinging servicepan, lever mechanism connected with said pan and disconnected from theseat but adapted to be actuated by depression of the seat to lift thepan into a normally horizontal position, an elevated Water tank, a Watermeasuring chamber having a valve-casing provided with inlet and outletports or passages connecting with said tank and with the closet,respectively, a valve adapted to completely close either of said portsbefore opening the other, and valve operating mechanism actuated from.the closet seat, substantially as described.

11. The combination of a water-closet bowl, a movable seat, means forsupplying the closet with a measured quantity of water, a valvecasinghaving inlet and outlet ports or passages, a frictionally seated valveadapted and arranged to completely close either of said ports beforeopening the other, a two-armed lever having one end connected with thevalverod, a seatsupporting rod connected to the other end of said lever,whereby depression of the closet seat will operate said valve, and

a spring arranged to act on said lever to restore the valve andcloset-seat,substantially as described.

1,2. The combination of a yieldingly supported Water closet seat, amovable lid, a swinging service pan occupying a normally horizontalposition both when'the lid is closed and when the seat is depressed,lever mechanism intermediate the service pan and the said seat and lidand adapted to be actuated to lift the pan when the lid is closed orwhen the seat is depressed, a water measuring chamber having a connectedvalve casing provided with a valve for controlling the supply of aregulated quantity of water to the service pan when said pan is inposition for use, and lever mechanism connected with said valve andactuated from the depressed closet seat, substantially as described.

A13. The combination of a movable water closet seat, a measuring chamberfrom which the closet may be supplied with a regulated quantity ofwater, a valve casing connected with said chamber and provided with aninlet port or passage and an outlet port or passage, a water regulatingvalve adapted to completely close one of said ports before opening theother and provided with a spring by which the said valve is seated inclose v contact with either port to prevent leakage, and valve operatingmechanism actuated from the closet seat, substantially as described.

14. The combination with a water closet, of a valve casing provided withan inlet port or passage and an outlet port or passage, and a Waterregulating valve adapted to completely close one of said ports beforeopening the other and constructed in sections that are pressed apart bya spring to seat the valve in close contact with either port andpreventleakage, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal inpresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT M. KING. [L s] Wit nesses WM. E. HAWKINs, THOMAS TATNALL.

